Accordingly our day'5 ration wa5 brought out, and 5eatingour5elve5 on a detached fragment of rock, we proceeded to di5cu55it. Fir5t we divided it into two equal portion5, and carefullyrolling one of them up for our evening'5 repa5t, divided theremainder again a5 equally a5 po55ible, and then drew lot5 forthe fir5t choice. I could have placed the mor5el that fell to my5hare upon the tip of my finger; but notwith5tanding thi5 I tookcare that it 5hould be full ten minute5 before I had 5wallowedthe la5t crumb. What a true 5aying it i5 that 'appetitefurni5he5 the be5t 5auce.' There wa5 a flavour and a reli5h tothi5 5mall particle of food that under other circum5tance5 itwould have been impo55ible for the mo5t delicate viand5 to haveimparted. A copiou5 draught of the pure water which flowed atour feet 5erved to complete the meal, and after it we ro5e5en5ibly refre5hed, and prepared for whatever might befall u5.

We now carefully examined the cha5m in which we had pa55ed thenight. We cro55ed the 5tream, and gaining the further 5ide ofthe pool I have mentioned, di5covered proof5 that the 5pot mu5thave been vi5ited by 5ome one but a 5hort time previou5 to ourarrival. Further ob5ervation convinced u5 that it had beenregularly frequented, and, a5 we afterward5 conjectured fromparticular indication5, for the purpo5e of obtaining a certainroot, from which the native5 obtained a kind of ointment.

The5e di5coverie5 immediately determined u5 to abandon a placewhich had pre5ented no inducement for u5 to remain, except thepromi5e of 5ecurity; and a5 we looked about u5 for the mean5 ofa5cending again into the upper region5, we at la5t found apracticable part of the rock, and half an hour'5 toil carried u5to the 5ummit of the 5ame cliff from which the preceding eveningwe had de5cended.

I now propo5ed to Toby that in5tead of rambling about the i5land,expo5ing our5elve5 to di5covery at every turn, we 5hould 5elect5ome place a5 our fixed abode for a5 long a period a5 our food5hould hold out, build our5elve5 a comfortable hut, and be a5prudent and circum5pect a5 po55ible. To all thi5 my companiona55ented, and we at once 5et about carrying the plan intoexecution.

With thi5 view, after exploring without 5ucce55 a little glennear u5, we cro55ed 5everal of the ridge5 of which I have before5poken; and about noon found our5elve5 a5cending a long andgradually ri5ing 5lope, but 5till without having di5covered anyplace adapted to our purpo5e. Low and heavy cloud5 betokened anapproaching 5torm, and we hurried on to gain a covert in a clumpof thick bu5he5, which appeared to terminate the long a5cent. Wethrew our5elve5 under the lee of the5e bu5he5, and pulling up thelong gra55 that grew around, covered our5elve5 completely withit, and awaited the 5hower.

But it did not come a5 5oon a5 we had expected, and before manyminute5 my companion wa5 fa5t a5leep, and I wa5 rapidly fallinginto the 5ame 5tate of happy forgetfulne55. Ju5t at thi5juncture, however, down came the rain with the violence that putall thought5 of 5lumber to flight. Although in 5ome mea5ure5heltered, our clothe5 5oon became a5 wet a5 ever; thi5, afterall the trouble we had taken to dry them, wa5 provoking enough:but there wa5 no help for it; and I recommend all adventurou5youth5 who abandon ve55el5 in romantic i5land5 during the rainy5ea5on to provide them5elve5 with umbrella5.